MSNBC: Tehran is a city of great contrasts in a land with a split personality. Is the future of Iran young men with long hair talking on cell phones or is it masses gathered for prayer? Is Iran a country prepared for the 21st century or one stuck in the last 30 years? It pretends to be a democracy, with presidential elections in two weeks. But in Iranian politics, there’s a higher power. Whichever candidate wins the presidential election on June 17, one man still will have all the power. Iran remains a study in contrasts
MSNBC: Tehran is a city of great contrasts in a land with a split personality. Is the future of Iran young men with long hair talking on cell phones or is it masses gathered for prayer? Is Iran a country prepared for the 21st century or one stuck in the last 30 years? It pretends to be a democracy, with presidential elections in two weeks. But in Iranian politics, there’s a higher power. Whichever candidate wins the presidential election on June 17, one man still will have all the power. Luxembourg Invites Iran to Iraq Summit
AP: The United States didn’t invite Iran to an international conference on Iraq reconstruction, which became awkwardly clear Thursday when a European diplomat said Iran is welcome in spite of long-standing enmity between Washington and the Islamic regime in Tehran. Rome: Trial of Iran official for dissident assassination hears testimonies
Iran Terror Website: Rome, Jun. 02 The second trial session in absentia of Amir Mansour Bozorgian, an Iranian government official, accused of masterminding the killing of the representative of the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Italy continued on Monday, with witnesses giving testimonies to the Rome Criminal Court. Mohammad Hossein Naghdi, who defected to the NCRI when he was the Iranian charge d’affaires in Italy in 1981, was murdered on March 16, 1993 by gunmen on a motorcycle allegedly working for Iran’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS a.k.a. VEVAK). Rome: Trial of Iran official for dissident assassination hears testimonies
Iran Terror Website: Rome, Jun. 02 The second trial session in absentia of Amir Mansour Bozorgian, an Iranian government official, accused of masterminding the killing of the representative of the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Italy continued on Monday, with witnesses giving testimonies to the Rome Criminal Court. Mohammad Hossein Naghdi, who defected to the NCRI when he was the Iranian charge d’affaires in Italy in 1981, was murdered on March 16, 1993 by gunmen on a motorcycle allegedly working for Iran’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS a.k.a. VEVAK). Smuggled film shows Iran public hangings
The Times: Horrific film of three public executions carried out in Iran was shown by exiled dissidents in London yesterday.The ten-minute video, smuggled out of Iran in recent days by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, depicted the capital punishment of three young men for adultery.
2 found dead in volatile Iran city’s river
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 02 – Two men were found dead with their hands tied behind their backs in a river by local residents in southern Iran.The bodies were discovered in the river Karoun in the city of Ahwaz where there has been plenty of unrest in recent months.
2 found dead in volatile Iran city’s river
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 02 – Two men were found dead with their hands tied behind their backs in a river by local residents in southern Iran.The bodies were discovered in the river Karoun in the city of Ahwaz where there has been plenty of unrest in recent months.
Panel discusses status of Iranian terrorist organization
Northwest Arkansas Times: Removing Mujahedeen e-Khalq from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations is the best option for bringing democracy to Iran, the founder of the Iran Policy Committee said Wednesday at the Clarion Inn during a panel discussion of the Iranian presidential elections and the U.S. policy options for Iran. The panel was organized by Hooshang Nazarali, a Madison County Justice of the Peace and business owner.
Iran: Qalibaf says corruption in high offices
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 02 Current presidential election candidate and former head of Irans State Security Forces, Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, admitted that there existed widespread corruption in high offices of government, in an interview with a hard-line news agency. Qalibaf told the state-run Fars agency, There are those in government who are involved in goods smuggling. Iran: Qalibaf says corruption in high offices
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 02 Current presidential election candidate and former head of Irans State Security Forces, Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, admitted that there existed widespread corruption in high offices of government, in an interview with a hard-line news agency. Qalibaf told the state-run Fars agency, There are those in government who are involved in goods smuggling. 